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Human chromosome 17 in essential hypertension.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Mar 2003
Knight J, Munroe P B, Pembroke J C, Caulfield M J
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension affects up to 30% of the adult population in Western societies and is a major risk factor for kidney disease, stroke and coronary heart disease. It is a complex trait thought to be influenced by a number of genes and environmental factors, although the precise aetiology remains unknown at this time. A number of methods have been successfully used to identify mutations that cause Mendelian traits and...
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